Review: Trial by Fire (Raised by Wolves #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Series: Raised by Wolves #2
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Published June 13th 2011 by Quercus Publishing Plc
Goodreads Synopsis
Bryn is now leader of the Cedar Ridge pack of werewolves and she's convinced that her pack is different - it's democratic and fair. Then Bryn finds a battered teenage Were, Connor, bleeding on her front porch. He begs Bryn to protect him from an abusive leader. By the end of the story Bryn will be changed forever.
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I started to read this book as soon as I had finished Raised By Wolves, as I couldn't believe how that book had ended, especially with Bryn now being a human Alpha of the Cedar Ridge pack. Bryn's in a dangerous position, as a human Alpha, and she knows that one wrong step, especially when her pack has the largest amount on female Wares of them all, could be deadly. Shay, alpha of another pack, and best friend, Devon's, older brother, is always nipping at her heels, and when one of his own, Connor, turns upon her doorstep, battered and bleeding, she thinks it's a trap. But, she's too kind to leave Connor to die, especially when it's discovered that a magical coven of humans has been attacking Were's, and is out to get her own pack, if she doesn't stop them.
This book definitely cemented everything that we had seen in Raised By Wolves. Jenn has created a fully fleshed out family - definitely a found family for the most part - and the bond and growing kinship within the Cedar Ridge pack was wonderful to see. Obviously, we have Bryn's relationships with best friends, Devon and Lake, adopted mam, Ali, and baby siblings, and with Chase, but there's also how she is with the rest of the pack. Yes, she's their Alpha, and they need to listen to her, but she truly cares about them, and wants them to have as normal a life as they can, especially when so many were turned against their will, at a young age.
I really wasn't expecting to have a magical coven show up in this series, but it was refreshing to see it. Some of the group had seriously scary powers, like manipulating dreams to make you actually think you were burning alive, and waking up with burns, but some you could see had a nicer side, but were being manipulated themselves. My favourite out of all of them was Caroline, and she definitely was someone I wanted to see more of, because I could see there was something there that needed exploring more. This book, again, ended on such a cliffhanger, I was desperate for my copy of Taken By Storm to arrive, because I needed to see how Bryn's actions would have consequences, and if we would get a happy ending in this triology.
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4 Stars
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